Not Many People Know That: Michael Caine's Almanac of Amazing Information (Coronet Books)

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In 2022, Caine filmed The Great Escaper, a British-French feature film starring Caine and Glenda Jackson, based on the true-life story of a British World War II veteran who 'broke out' of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France, in June 2014. He co-starred with Julie Walters in Educating Rita (1983), for which he won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award. Think, for example, of the year 1976 in the UK when there was a 16 week dry spell / heat wave due to a high pressure area dominating most of Europe during the summer months. There, he built America’s first roller coaster to give New Yorkers some good, clean fun—away from seedier pastimes.

Craig Ferguson ran segments on his show where he parodied Caine, usually while wearing a space suit. On 5 January 2011 he was honored as Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France's culture minister, Frédéric Mitterrand. In an even more ironic twist, Hitler had banned Germans from accepting the awards four years before his own name was thrown in the ring.

A global standard implemented in 2020 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – requiring an 86% reduction in fuel sulfur content – likely reduced ship track formation.

Despite his success in the 1980s, Caine also appeared in some poorly received films such as Blame It on Rio (1984), the Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais comedy Water (1985), the fourth and final film in the Jaws franchise, Jaws: The Revenge (1987), and Without a Clue (1988) (portraying Sherlock Holmes).Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. In October 2015, Caine read Hans Christian Andersen's "Little Claus and Big Claus" for the children's fairytales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF, together with Sir Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Dame Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, David Walliams, Charlotte Rampling and Paul McKenna.